I'm so sorry for my Engurishuuu really omg I'm definitely not good at explaining things but still I hope it helps somehow....- Feel free to ask questions! I'll do my best in answering what I know. - It's not a tutorial suited for beginners with SAI, but if you still want to try, I suggest to search first a tutorial that explains the SAI TOOLS well such as : - I'm just showing the way I draw stars in SAI, there sure are more ways, and you're not obligated to follow it strictly! *U* - I'd appreciate linking back something you drew using this tutorial, but it's not obligatory.

I'm sorry for that ugly star appearing there and there, I had to draw it. I HAD TO.

I'm trying my hardest to figure out what you mean by "pen" tool... all I have on normal layers is pencil, and that doesn't form that glowing halo, and neither does the pen on the lining layer. I don't know if you're using some other tool which isn't listed there like the airbrush to place glows over the spots, but whatever you're doing, my SAI doesn't have access to it.

glowing halo? maybe you're referring to the glowing stars I drew directly on the tutorial BG (blue) and not the SAI canvas (dark blue) ?the shining stars are drawn directly on the tut sheet with PS > layer style(see below), just to show what kind if shape it's good for them to be otherwise for my SAI stars, I always use the Pen tool at full opacity. For the glow (on SAI canvas) I use airbrush tool like explained in tut.